 Young Lasallians Get Moving in Singapore: Lasallian Youth activities have been going on for many years in Singapore, although they tended to be ad hoc and school-based or be the work of a small number of people. But 2004 saw the establishment of the Singapore Lasallian Youth Commission (SLYC), whose mission is to consolidate Lasallian Youth activities so as to be more effective and at the same time provide the opportunity for the various Lasallian schools and volunteers to work “together and by association”.
SLYC is now responsible for the formation of student leaders from all our Lasallian schools. In March, SLYC organised Camp La Salle, which trained student leaders from our four Lasallian primary schools: St Michael’s School, St. Anthony’s Primary School, De La Salle School and St. Stephen’s School. In June, 120 student leaders from our two secondary schools attended the Lasallian Leadership Training Camp, which challenged them to “Be the Difference”. A result of our combined formation programme is we are now seeing more joint activities between our two Lasallian secondary schools: St Patrick’s School and St Joseph’s Institution.
Former students who want to continue contributing to the Lasallian Mission have banded together in an informal group called the Lasallian Youth Network (LYNK) serving at our leadership camps as volunteers, as well as continuing their service work with a variety of different organisations. Much of the inspiration for this came from those who attended last year’s 7th Asia-Pacific Lasallian Youth Congress (APLYC7) in Hong Kong.
SLYC also serves to support and coordinate the community service work that our ‘LYNKsters’ are involved in. They in turn act as the link between current students and the wider community.
There is still much to do, especially in the lead-up to APLYC8, which will be held in Singapore in 2007, but we are looking forward to the challenge!
(Kenny Wong, SLYC)
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